Prague, Czech Republic December 22nd- Bohemia Interactive, the award-winning independent Czech development studio, is delighted to announce that just before Santa’s sleigh glides across the rooftops of good boys and girls the world over, our own Christmas present surprise is a new mega update encompassing the whole range of Arma II, Operation Arrowhead & their DLC.

The list of titles updated in today’s patch release extravaganza is as follows:

Singleplayer received visual states smoothing and prediction (notable e.g. on distant units)

AI is improved, especially (but not only) in combat, AI has received numerous bug fixes

Aircraft & Helicopter simulation received slight improvements

ARMA 2, ARMA 2: OA, ARMA 2: EW campaigns and stand-alone missions received special treatment to get rid of most annoying bugs

Numerous other small bugs/glitches fixed

Arma 2 patched to 1.11

Numerous bug fixes, multiplayer code tweaks and mission fixes

ARMA 2, ARMA 2: OA, ARMA 2: EW campaigns and stand-alone missions received special treatment to get rid of the most annoying bugs

Arma 2:Free patched to 1.11

MP Code brought into line with Arma 2 for compatibility

BAF patched to 1.03 and PMC patched to 1.02

Several stability and game saves fixes as well as mission tweaks, also new BAF missions included.

We would like to thank all BIF & CIT staff/mods/volunteers, the whole ARMA community, our partners and everyone who helped us to release this mega-patch!Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a Happy New Year to all! – Please visit http://www.bistudio.com/happy-holidays/ for our special festive greeting!

“[…] today's high tech wars don't seem to have as much potential for a good game as the conventional infantry / armour / aircraft war has. No other period offers such a huge selection of military equipment […]” -Marek Spanel, on the topic of the Cold War in video games